Wiki Wunala

2021

Lufhansa Cargo's last MD-11 was retired in October 2021 and wore special titles for a couple of weeks before being withdrawn from use. The special decal remained while the aircraft was being transferred to Western Global Airlines as N783SN.

Image © Benjamin Schudel (FRA)
Tags Fleet

CHC Cargo Human Care

Step by step. Giving children a future.

D-ALCH

2015-20

Supporting a charity. Note the footprints were different on the two sides.

Images © Sierra Aviation Photography (FRA) & Royal King (SEA)
Tags Charity

95 Years

PH-BFH	B747-406M	KLM	2014-15
PH-BFI	B747-406M	KLM	2014-15
PH-KCE	MD-11	KLM	2014
PH-BVK	B777-306ER	KLM	2014-15
PH-BQB	B777-206ER	KLM	2014-15
PH-AKF	A330-303	KLM	2014-15
PH-AOE	A330-203	KLM	2014-15

Seven aircraft sported this decal for the last celebration before a century of flight at KLM. The MD-11 frame was the one which operated the last ever passenger commercial flight of the type in October 2014. The stickers were added on the port side only.

Images © Ricardo de Vries (AMS)
Tags Anniversary

Aktion Deutschland Hilft

Alliance of German aid organizations Bündnis deutscher Hilfsorganisationen

D-ALCC

2013-19

"Aktion Deutschland Hilft" is an alliance of different German charities providing relief.

Image © Reinhard Zinabold (YYZ)
Tags Charity

Panda Express #3

Panda Express

N892FD	B777-FS2	FedEx	+ bamboo leaves	2011-12
N585FE	MD-11F	FedEx	+ bamboo leaves	2013
N885FD	B777-FS2	FedEx		2017
N883FD	B777-FHT	FedEx		2019-20
N886FD	B777-FS2	FedEx		2023-24
N893FD	B777-FS2	FedEx		2024-25

Fedex has a history of special wildlife transportation missions and has added decals on some occasions. In 2011 & 2012 777 N892FD carried two pandas from Chengdu to Edinburgh and a month later two other pandas to a French zoo. In 2013 the MD11 carried two pandas from China to the Toronto zoo. The 2017 mission was to transport three-year-old giant panda Bao Bao from Washington, D.C. to Chengdu. The November 2019 mission also consisted of the transportation of another giant panda (Bei Bei) from Washington back to Chengdu. In November 2023 N886FD flew three pandas from DC back to Chengdu via Anchorage; on that occasion small additional "Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute" stickers were added.

The same photograph was used for all four jets. Additional bamboo leaves stickers were present on the 2011 & 2013 versions. A "Fedex cares" decal was present on the 2024 decal.

Images © Kevin Cleynhens (LGG), Olivier Mouhot (CDG) & Nick Dean (IAD)
Tags Panda, Wildlife

100 Years Air Cargo

D-ALCC

2011-13

Four photos to celebrate a century of air cargo travel.

Image © Mark Szemberski (JFK)
Tags Commemoration

Moomins #3

Moomins

OH-LGF

Finnair

2006

Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. These characters are popular in Japan hence the choice of widebodies. After a first batch of aircraft between 1995 & 1999, Finnair applied two new & different sets of Moomins decals to this aircraft and OH-LGB. Santa stickers replaced Moomins in Winter 2006.

Image ©
Tags Cartoon & Anime

Moomins #2

Moomins

OH-LGB	MD-11	Finnair		2006&08
OH-LQC	A340-313	Finnair		2008

Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. These characters are popular in Japan hence the choice of widebodies. After a first batch of aircraft between 1995 & 1999, Finnair applied two new & different sets of Moomins decals to this aircraft and OH-LGF. Santa stickers replaced Moomins in Winter 2006 and the characters were finally back in 2008, yet with slightly different colors shades. An A340 had the same decals applied in 2008.

Image ©
Tags Cartoon & Anime

Seleção Brasiliera de Futebol #4

Brazil National Football Team

The plane of the team A Companhia Aérea

PP-VTI	MD-11	Varig [+]		2006-07
PP-VPY	B737-33R	Varig [+]		2006-07

The scheme supported the National team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany with the 5 stars reprensenting the 5 victories of the team ; room for a sixth star was prepared, but the team quickly failed in the competition and it was quickly removed after.

Images © Marcelo Magalhães (POA) & Jaka (FLN)
Tags National Football Team

Official Airline of Santa Claus #2

Official Airline of Santa Claus

OH-LGA	MD-11	Finnair	05-06 & 07-08 (winter only)
OH-LGB	MD-11	Finnair	2005-08 (winter only)
OH-LGC	MD-11	Finnair	2005-06 (winter only)
OH-LGD	MD-11	Finnair	2005-06 (winter only)
OH-LGE	MD-11	Finnair	2005-06 (winter only)
OH-LGF	MD-11	Finnair	2005-07 (winter only)
OH-LGG	MD-11	Finnair	2007-08 (winter only)
OH-LQA	A340-311	Finnair	2006-07 (winter only)
OH-LQC	A340-313	Finnair	2007-08 (winter only)

In 2005 Finnair started a second batch of Santa liveries. By Christmas 2005 all six MD-11 in the fleet had the sitckers added. Two aircraft got the stickers for Xmas 2006, and three for Xmas 2007.

Image © Pertti Sipilä (HEL)
Tags Season's Greetings

Retro

N803DE

World Airways

2005-08

World Airways is one of a very few charter airlines to have painted a retrojet. It featured the 1975 livery, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of "Operation Babylift".

Image ©
Tags Retro

Brasil

Brazil Brasil

PP-VQK

Varig [+]

2005-06

Promoting the country as a touristic destination. Starboard side titles only. Note the rest of the fleet also sported smaller decals with the same graphics.

Image © A.J. Best (LHR)
Tags Tourism

Roses

PH-MCU